September 24, 2010

On the heels of NYC’s Fashion Week, the GreenShows, and Nolcha runway events last week, there was a green Catwalk Event of another sort the other day in honor of a new kitty litter called, Yesterday’s News. Four of today’s top sustainable designers – Bahar Shahpar, Anthony Lilore, Lara Miller and Samantha Pleet stepped up to the sustainable challenge: Create a runway-worthy fashion item from yesterday’s news – old newspapers.

The designs will be auctioned off (9/22-9/29) and you can bid on them if you like…proceeds will be donated to each designer’s favorite green charity, including: Trees for the Future, Riverkeeper, The Land Connection and Kiva.

Also up for auction are three award-winning handbags designed by “non-professional” designers. These Best in Show Sustainable handbags were brought to life by Elias Abadi, president and head designer of Nahui Ollin handbags. Coincidentally, one of these winners, Dr Deborah Ekstrom is a friend of a friend of mine. There were hundreds of entries submitted and Dr. Deborah Ekstrom snagged a top spot for her handbag creation. Cool. Visit dogooderchallenge.com/ for bidding info and all the links you probably were hoping for in this post.

For all you kitty cat lovers, Purina’s new kitty litter is non-toxic, made in part from old newspapers and sawdust. Just curious – which is your favorite — the trench coat, top, or one of the kicky dresses?